Notwithstanding the claims made by the Health and Family Welfare Department, dengue flu is spreading like wild fire in the State and Cuttack city here is the worst afflicted area. The city till date has registered one death this season while over 20 have now tested positive to the viral disease.
At least 58 suspected cases reported at the SCB Medical College Hospital here on Thursday. Of them, 20 tested positive, 15 alone are from Cuttack city. While one serious patient was admitted to the medicine ICU, remaining 19 were admitted to the dengue ward.
Most of the dengue positive cases have come from the Rausapatna, Nimasahi and Haripur areas of the city, from where the civic body authorities have retrieved aedes mosquitoes, biting of which causes the flu.
Similarly, the microbiology department of the hospital by now has tested at least 308 blood samples of suspects in this season, of which 55 samples have tested positive to the presence of the dreaded virus.
While most of the positive cases are getting admitted to the poor and limited facility available at the SCB Hospital, a number of them prefer to get admitted to the private hospitals of the city.
The 30-bed dengue ward of the hospital by now has 21 patients. While four of these patients are from Jajpur district, one each is from Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj districts, sources said.